Pin-ticket.



D. GROSS.

PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION IILED JAN. 5, 1912 1,069,41 6. Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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DAVID GROSS, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

PIN-TICKET.

Application filed. January 5, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID Gnoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Tickets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pin-tickets ortags for displaying memoranda relating to the goods or material to whichthey are applied.

Pin tickets are frequently open to the objection that the projecting pinpoints of the fasteners which secure the ticket to the fabric, catch inother material or prick the exposed portions of the bodies of those whohandle or try on the goods.

Accordingly, the primary object of my invention is to provide a simpleand efiicient duplex pin-ticket in which each end of the ticket, whensecured to the fabric, will form a protective cover for the exposedportions of the pins or prongs of the fastener carried by the other end.

A further object of my invention is to provide a duplex pin-ticket inwhich the outer face of each ticket end or section presents apractically smooth surface for the recording of such data as the price,quality and style of the fabric to which the ticket is applied.

T o the above ends the invention consists of various structural featureswhich will be fully described in the following specification andparticularly pointed outin the subjoined claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of mypin-ticket before being applied to the goods. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the ticket applied to the goods. Fig. 3 is an end elevationshowing the application of the ticket to the goods, and Fig. 4 is a sideelevation thereof.

Throughout the specification and draw ings, like reference charactersindicate corresponding parts.

In a detailed description of my invention, 1 represents a pin-ticketadapted to be folded upon itself at a point 2, whereby it is dividedinto two sections 3 and 4. The pin-ticket 1 is constructed of card-boardor other flexible material in order that it may be flexible throughout.Permanently secured in the section 3 is a clenched fastener or sta le 5having rongs 6-6 united to a head The head Y lies on the outer faceSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Serial No. 669,551.

of the section 3, and is held firmly against the same by the methodshown, which consists in passing the prongs 6G through the ticket andthen turning them down, for a portion of their lengths, upon theopposite face thereof; they are then bent at right angles to theirturned-down portions so that they may readily engage the fabric to whichthe ticket is applied. This is but one method of attaching the staple tothe ticket, and any other which is the equivalent thereof may beemployed.

A fastening pin 8 is attached to the section 4, said pin terminating atone end in a sharp point 9; and at the other end in an involute portion10 to firmly clench the ticket section. The projecting portion of thefastening pin 8 extends substantially parallel to the plane of saidticket section. While this form of fastener is preferable, any otherwhich has one or more projecting pins adapted to engage the fabricobliquely, may be employed.

To apply the ticket, the section 3 thereof is brought in parallelrelation with one face of the fabric, to which it is then securelyfastened by passing the staple prongs (36 through the fabric and turningthem down upon the opposite face thereof, whereby they assume thepositions shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. The ticket is thenfolded over the edge of the fabric, and the section 4 brought inparallel relation with the other face thereof. WVhen the section 4 isbrought toward the fabric, the section 3 and that portion of the fabricto which it is applied, is rolled or bent forwardly so that the point 9of the fastening pin 8 may enter the fabric obliquely, and when theticket is firmly applied to the fabric, the pin has the posi tion shownby dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4. If the fabric is very thick, the pointof the pin will not pass through, but will be embedded in the fabric. Itwill now be seen that the ticket section 4, when secured to the fabric,forms a cover for the turned-down portions of the staple prongs 66 andthus protects them from contact with outside bodies. It will likewise beseen that the other ticket section 3, when secured to the fabric, formsa protective cover for the projecting point 9 of the fastening pin 8.

Then the two sections of the ticket are secured to the fabric, the outerface of each section presents a practically smooth surface for writtenor printed data, as the only prosecure the ticket section thereto, butnot,

through the adjacent ticket section to mar the Writing surface thereof,after Which the other ticket section is adapted to be bent over the edgeof the fabric and secured to the latter by the fastening pin, saidfasten ing pin entering the fabric obliquely but not passing through theadjacent ticket section to inar the Writing surface thereof, saidfastening pin and staple cooperating to insure a Writing surface to eachticket section, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a flexible pin-ticket divided intotWo sections adapted to be bent toward each other to embrace the edge ofa fabric, a staple positioned in the free end of one ticket section theprongs of which being adapted to pass through the fabric and to beturned down upon the opposite face thereof, and a fastening pin securedin the free end of the other ticket section and adapted to engage thefabric obliquely, the second section of the ticket, When secured to thefabric, forming a protective cover for the turned-down portions of thestaple prongs, and the first section of the ticket, When secured to thefabric, forming a protective cover for the exposed point of thefastening pin, said fastening pin and staple cooperating to insure asafe and ready application of the'ticket to the fabric and to facilitateits removal therefrom, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day ofJanuary, A. D.

DAVID GROSS. Witnesses:

BYRON B. HARLAN, GEORGE E. SNYDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

